Bra bandit at large in Florida

Police in the reliably weird state of Florida are hunting a bra bandit who made off with 160 bras from a lingerie store – the latest in a string of bra heists in the area.

The bras, worth nearly $6,000, were stolen from a Victoria Secret store in Bonita Springs on Thursday. According to authorities, there have been at least six other bra burglaries since February this year.

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Victoria Secret has lost 452 bras in that time from two other south-west Florida stores. That’s almost $19,000 worth of bras.

According to officials, the bra theft occurred when a female customer entered the store on Thursday, and made a beeline for a drawer containing PINK brand bras.

When she saw that employees were distracted by helping other customers, she quickly dumped 160 of the bras into a bag, and fled.